House debates
Wednesday, 23 November 2022
- Ministerial Statements (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Selection Committee; Report (1 speech)
I present report No. 6 of the Selection Committee relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members' business on Monday 28 November 2022. The report will be...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Public Works Joint Committee; Membership (1 speech)
The Speaker has received a message from the Senate informing the House that Senator Cadell has been appointed as a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Legislation (3 speeches)
I move the motion that has been circulated in my name in the terms in which it appears on the Notice Paper: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Budget (1 speech)
The Treasurer's so-called national conversation on the nation's finances will end with this sentence: 'Here are your new taxes.' That's going to happen in the budget in May. It's very clear. It...
- National Asbestos Awareness Month (1 speech)
November is National Asbestos Awareness Month, with a focus on awareness, education and prevention of asbestos related risks and disease. Asbestos kills over 4,000 Australians every...
- Telecommunications (1 speech)
Over the past 3½ years I've worked very closely with my smaller and remote communities to get them access to better mobile communications. We have seen fires and floods and drought, and...
- Workplace Relations: Amazon (1 speech)
As we are now in the midst of Black Friday sales, it is prime time that I talk about Amazon and the kind of corporate citizen they are they are in operations in Australia and in the US. Frankly,...
- Raise Our Voice Australia (2 speeches)
Today I share a speech by Ewan, a 14-year-old constituent of Wentworth. I'd like to thank Raise Our Voice Australia for helping to facilitate this. Throughout the course of history, society has...
- Petition: Oil and Gas Exploration (1 speech)
The people of the Colac Otway Shire in my electorate of Kooyong and of Victoria and South Australia have signed this petition in opposition to all seismic testing off the Australian coast, and...
- Workplace Relations: Amazon (1 speech)
Black Friday is fast approaching and while it can be an opportunity for good deals it certainly does nothing good for retail, warehouse and logistic workers across this nation, particularly...
- Youth Voice In Parliament Week (2 speeches)
The Raise Our Voice Australia campaign allows young people to express their vision for our nation's parliament. Today I'm thrilled to speak on behalf of 18-year-old Benjamin Springhall from my...
- Prostate Cancer (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House that tomorrow is the day that we here in Parliament House are raising awareness of prostate cancer. The day will be starting early for those who have booked to receive...
- Veterans (1 speech)
This week, my office has been happy to host Captain Chiara Di Girolami as part of the ADF parliamentary exchange program. As a former reservist, it's an absolute pleasure to reconnect with...
- Iran: Human Rights (2 speeches)
Women in Iran have risen up against the Iranian regime, protesting the cruel death of Mahsa Amini on 16 September. This poor 22-year-old lady's only crime was not wearing the hijab. Australia...
- Boothby Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
Last week I attended two of my local schools in Boothby. I attended the Our Lady of Grace School, a primary school, where the year 6 class had fundraised for a flagpole so that they could have...
- Australian Automation and Robotics Precinct (1 speech)
I wish to inform parliament that the road and infrastructure construction works are currently in process at the groundbreaking Australian Automation and Robotics Precinct in Neerabup. The...
- Higgins Electorate: St Catherine's School (1 speech)
To echo the words of Paul, the head of humanities: if you provide a great education you end up with independent thinkers. That was abundantly evident during my time with the students of years 10...
- Groom Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
Last week I welcomed the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, the member for Farrer, to my electorate of Groom. The city of Toowoomba is one she is very familiar with, having lived in the area for a...
- Amazon (1 speech)
The phrase 'black Friday' elicits for me memories of devastation and loss of life during those terrible fires. But Black Friday has come to mean something else, and Amazon promote this something...
- Murray-Darling Basin Plan (2 speeches)
I'd like to raise to the attention of the House the comments made by the Minister for the Environment and Water about her plan to deliver the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in full. I need to explain...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (14 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. Under Labor's radical industrial relations agenda, which the minister has confirmed not a single small business in this country supports, a...
- Early Childhood Education (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Early Childhood Education. Why are Labor's early childhood education reforms important to the economy?
- Workplace Relations (6 speeches)
My question is to the minister for small business. Under the IR legislation a coffee shop with fewer than 15 employees is exempt from compulsory bargaining. If a coffee shop operates over three...
- Child Care (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. How will the government's cheaper child care legislation help Australian families?
- Whistleblowers (2 speeches)
My question is for the Attorney-General. The persecution and prosecution of whistleblowers in recent years is a national shame. Today Griffith University, the Human Rights Law Centre and...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Hale, Mr Damian (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge Mr Damian Hale, who is in the gallery today, a former member for Solomon. On behalf of the House, I extend a very warm welcome. Honourable members: Hear, hear!
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Senior Australians (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Social Services. How is the Albanese Labor government helping pensioners address cost-of-living pressures during these uncertain economic times?
- Workplace Relations (34 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. Can the Minister advise whether there is an error in the industrial relations regulatory impact statement; and if so can the minister advise the...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. What insights were contained in the OECD's latest outlook for global growth, and what does it mean for Australia? What are some of the economic challenges facing...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Workplace Relations (5 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Small Business. I refer to page 52 of the regulation impact statement from the fair work amendment bill. In calculating the cost of multiemployer bargaining,...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. What policies are being changed by the Albanese Labor government to prioritise action on climate change, and what are the broader...
- Workplace Relations (6 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. I refer to warnings by domestic airlines that they will be forced to cut marginal flight...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Industry and Science. What were the findings of the 2022 State of the Climate report released today by the CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology? What role can...
- Age of Criminal Responsibility (2 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. The UN has expressed concern about the very low age of criminal responsibility in Australia. In WA, we are currently locking kids up in an adult prison....
- Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 (17 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. How will the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 lift wages for low- and middle-income...
- Climate Change (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Before the election, Labor promised to reduce power prices on at least 97 occasions, but before the election Labor was completely...
- National Anti-Corruption Commission (6 speeches)
My question is to the Attorney-General. How will the National Anti-Corruption Commission prevent corruption from occurring at a federal level?
- Economy (12 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. I'm sure many residents in Western Sydney and across Australia are awaiting their electricity bills with trepidation. With Christmas only about four weeks away,...
- Trade (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Trade and Tourism. Last night legislation to implement free trade agreements with India and the United Kingdom passed the parliament....
- Energy (9 speeches)
My question goes to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the Alex Surf Club on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, of which I am a proud member, will be forced to pay $250,000 more for electricity next...
- Visas (5 speeches)
FERNANDO () (): My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. How is the Albanese Labor government cleaning up the visa backlog mess left behind by the...
- Statements (0 speeches)
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- Dietitians Australia, Rural Youth Ambassadors (1 speech)
I'd like to inform the House that present in the gallery is a delegation from Dietitians Australia. On behalf of the House, I extend a warm welcome. There is also a delegation from the Rural...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- Presentation (1 speech)
Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.
- Business (0 speeches)
- Leave of Absence (1 speech)
I move: That leave of absence for the remainder of the current period of settings be given to the honourable member for Forde, for personal reasons. Question agreed to.
- Matters of Public Importance (0 speeches)
- National Security (46 speeches)
I have received a letter from the honourable member for McPherson proposing that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely: The Government's decision...
- Bills (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- Moffatt, Mr Don, AM (1 speech)
Last Thursday evening I had the great pleasure of attending a wonderful event in the hangar of LifeFlight at the Sunshine Coast Airport—that wonderful organisation. We heard the news that...
- Acid Attacks (1 speech)
Last night, a largely packed parliamentary theatre played host to a screening of the multi-award-winning Australian documentary Geeta, a raw and honest film about a mother's heartfelt attempt to...
- Mental Health (3 speeches)
I rise to speak about mental health in Australia. As shadow assistant minister for mental health and suicide prevention I have worked, since coming into this role, to maintain a constructive...
- Environmental Conservation (1 speech)
WILSON () (): I want to acknowledge the efforts of community groups right across my electorate who are engaged in the vital cause of environmental protection and restoration. There is no question...
- Cybersecurity (1 speech)
We've all seen the high-profile cybertheft stories regarding Optus and Medicare, and unfortunately that's just the tip of the iceberg. I'm receiving increasing reports from people who've been...
- Wine Industry (2 speeches)
A combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and exorbitant tariff increases by China of around 200 per cent have left many South Australian wine growers and winemakers in despair, with many growers...
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Cox, Mr Raymond James (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the passing of Raymond James Cox. Devoted to his wife, Veronica, and children, Graeme, Rodney, Lorraine and Deb, Ray was deeply involved in the life of my electorate....
- Greenway Electorate: Memorial Grove, Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
Recently I visited a new addition to the Blacktown Showground. This addition was years in the making and holds immense significance for the people of Western Sydney, in particular for Kylie...
- Energy (1 speech)
I want to remind the Australian people that mobile phones were invented in 1973 and, by 1983, they were commercially available. Now in excess of 90 per cent of the world has mobile phones. In...
- Northern Territory (1 speech)
The Stuart Highway runs north-south, from Darwin at the top of the Northern Territory where land meets the ocean right down to the South Australian border. The town of Elliott is the halfway...
- Davis, Mr Dennis Albert (1 speech)
It's a privilege to rise and pay tribute to the life of Dennis Albert Davis, a veteran of World War II and a Rat of Tobruk. Indeed, his passing marks the last Rat of Tobruk in New South Wales. I...
- Industrial Relations, Bean Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
This fortnight, this parliament has a critical opportunity to take decisive action for workers across our nation by passing our Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill...
- Grey Electorate: Clontarf Foundation (1 speech)
I'd like to speak this morning about Clontarf, the academy for Aboriginal boys, which uses football and sport as a tool to provide stability and purpose in their lives. It's very good if they...
- Maribyrnong Electorate: Rail Infrastructure, Essendon Primary School (1 speech)
For too long, people in Melbourne's fast-growing north-western suburbs, including my electorate of Maribyrnong, have been less well served by public transport. Of course anyone who lives in...
- Fairfax Electorate: Rail Infrastructure (1 speech)
A Courier Mail survey has revealed that a new heavy passenger rail line between Beerwah and the Maroochydore CBD is the top priority for Queenslanders. This is terrific news, but it tells...
- Spence Electorate: Community Events (2 speeches)
I rise today to give voice to an event that we held last week in the electorate of Spence, in partnership with the City of Playford: Defence Industry Day. This is the second year that we've held...
- Bills (0 speeches)
